M0003502: Reproduction of a photograph of the false door for the tomb of the physician of King Sahure, 5th dynasty

Date:
30 May 1933
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/28/84
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M0003502: Reproduction of a photograph of the false door for the tomb of the physician of King Sahure, 5th dynasty. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2020: Egypt, The false door of the tomb of the physician of

Description

Photograph taken of the false door of the tomb of the physician, Ni-Ankh-Skhmet, of the ancient Egyptian King Sahure from the 5th dynasty. The large male and female figures appear to be the physician and his wife.This was located in the Cairo Museum.

Publication/Creation

30 May 1933

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 18 x 24 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

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